Section 230 is actually VERY important for small sites. Removing it will only keep the powerful in power.
What needs to be done is to actually enforce it. In particular, if you're 'fact checking' someone, you're producing your own content, and that's publishing.
We want neutral platforms. The trouble is these folks are using the platform shield while publishing. I think SCOTUS had a recent ruling demonstrating areas folks can certainly sue under Section 230.. This will get better. Really, people need to choose to get off these bad actor platforms. The government is not the appropriate solution to this. Seeing how quickly Fox has declined, if the people /know/, the move to Gab, Parler, etc. en masse can happen very quickly too.
Going lower level, I have thought that if Trump or friends would produce a phone without an uncensored app store, you could really market it as "this phone doesn't spy on you or sell your data or censor you". Everyone wants this, but many aren't aware the current Apple/Google do in fact do some of these things, or that they have/could have a choice.
Section 230 is actually VERY important for small sites. Removing it will only keep the powerful in power.
What needs to be done is to actually enforce it. In particular, if you're 'fact checking' someone, you're producing your own content, and that's publishing.
We want neutral platforms. The trouble is these folks are using the platform shield while publishing. I think SCOTUS had a recent ruling demonstrating areas folks can certainly sue under Section 230.. This will get better. Really, people need to choose to get off these bad actor platforms. The government is not the appropriate solution to this. Seeing how quickly Fox has declined, if the people /know/, the move to Gab, Parler, etc. en masse can happen very quickly too.
Going lower level, I have thought that if Trump or friends would produce a phone without an uncensored app store, you could really market it as "this phone doesn't spy on you or sell your data or censor you". Everyone wants this, but many aren't aware the current Apple/Google do in fact do some of these things, or that they have/could have a choice.